Chapter 9: It gets Worse
Kira woke up in Connor's arms with a smile. She loved waking up in his arms. It felt wonderful. Soon, she was going to marry the man she never though she would marry. Connor McKnight, the star soccer player of Reefside High School. She was Kira Ford, the wannabe rock star of Reefside High School. She groaned when the alarm went off. "Connor, it's time to get up," she informed. Connor groaned and pulled the pillow onto his head.
"Just five more minutes, mommy," he mumbled.
Kira giggled as she took a pillow and whacked him. "Come on, Connor, stop acting like a three-year-old and get up," she insisted. Connor sighed as he pulled Kira to him.
"Can't we just stay in bed and chill?" He asked.
"No, we can't stay in bed and chill. Come on, we have that biology test today," she replied.
Connor groaned as he got out of bed. Kira was grabbing her clothes for a shower when she looked over at the dresser to find the picture of Christopher. She sighed sadly and Connor wrapped his arms around her. "He'll be able to come home in a few months," he assured her.
"I know, I just can't help but worry," she sighed.
Connor nodded and kissed the side of her head. Then he watched as she went to shower and he went down to get something to eat while his fiancé was showering.
Kim was up and looked up to see Connor coming down the stairs. "Where's Kira?" She asked.
"She's taking a shower," he replied.
She nodded before sitting on the chair while he was sitting on the couch. "Kimberly, how long have you been married to Dr. O?" He asked. Kimalmost choked on her juice and looked at him.
"How did you know?" She asked.
"Your wedding photo is sitting up on the mantle piece," he replied.
"Oh. I should put that somewhere else."
"Well, how long have you been married?"
"A year. We started dating after you guys defeated Mesogog."
Just then, a little boy came running out of the room.
He had ear-length dark brown hair, blue eyes, he was wearing red sneakers, black jeans, and a green t-shirt.
"Morning, mommy," the boy greeted. Kimberly took her son into her arms with a smile.
"Good morning, JT, did you sleep well?" She asked.
"Yeah, I dreamt I was a Power Ranger," he replied.
Connor smiled and watched as Kimberly spoke with her son. It made him think of his son. "Go get your stuff," she instructed. JT ran off and Connor looked at her.
"Two questions. One, what does JT stand for and two if this is Dr. O's kid, why does he have blue eyes?" He asked.
Kim smiled as she looked to where her son just left. "JT stands for Jason Thomas and he got the blue eyes from my grandmother," she replied. Kira then came downstairs.
"Shower's yours," she informed.
"Thanks," he told her.
He grabbed his stuff and walked up the stairs and Kira sat down. "What were you guys talking about?" She asked.
"Nothing," Kimberly replied.
While they were at school, Kimberly was keeping track of Christopher. Until she couldn't get the baby to hush. She checked the baby's symptoms after she took her temperature and saw that the baby had a high fever. Kimberly's heart stopped at what the baby had.
Connor and Kira were walking towards their lockers to get ready for their next classes when Principal Mercer came over the PA system. "Could Connor McKnight and Kira Ford come to the office?" Principal Mercer asked. The students watched as Connor and Kira nearly ran over some of the kids trying to get to Principal Mercer. They gave the hospital the school's number just in case something went wrong with Christopher.
They came to Mercer's office and she looked at them. "Okay you two, I want you to sit down and stay calm," she instructed.
"What's wrong? Is it Christopher?" Kira asked.
"Well, that was your cousin on the phone, Kira. Your son has caught pneumonia," she informed.
"Oh, God!" Kira gasped.
Connor held Kira as he looked at her. "I want you two to get through this day and then you can go see Christopher. Kimberly has instructed that you two stay in school and come to visit the baby after school. She'll have everything under control," she instructed. Connor and Kira nodded and then they left the school in shock.
Once they were alone, Kira almost fell and Connor held her. "Our poor baby," she sobbed. Connor tried to sooth her sobs and tried to make her quiet so the whole school couldn't hear them. However, Trent and Ethan saw their friend crying and hurried over to them.
"What's going on?" Trent asked.
"Our son just got pneumonia," Connor replied.
Trent placed his hand on Kira's shoulder and then both boys comforted their friends.
After school, Connor and Kira ran to Connor's car and drove to the hospital.
They quickly came to the hospital and ran to Kimberly. "How is he?" Kira asked worriedly. Kimberly placed her hands on Kira's shoulders.
"He's in good hands, Kira. We're doing our best taking care of him," she replied.
"Can we seem him?" Connor asked.
"Yeah, you know where the nursery is," Kimberly replied.
They hurried down the hall to see their baby.
Kira felt tears fall down her face as she touched her baby's hand. Christopher started whimpering and then Connor got on the other side to hold onto her other hand. "We're here, sweetie, mommy and daddy are here for you," she whispered. Their son felt very warm, knowing that he had a fever. Both young parents had tears fall down their face. Both worried about their baby. Kimberly placed a hand on Kira's shoulder trying to comfort her cousin the best she could. she knew that Kira and Connor were going through a rough time and that they were going to need each other to get through this.
At Kimberly's house, somebody came in and started looking around. "It looks like she did a good job after she left," the person mumbled. The person walked over to the mantle piece to find pictures of JT when he was growing up. Then the person saw pictures of Connor and Kira. The last picture disturbed the person. It was Tommy and Kimberly's wedding picture. Their secret marriage. An evil grin went across the person's face. "Pretty soon, Miss Hart, your little secret will be revealed," the person commented. Just as the person was there, the person was gone.